diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Python/src/main/java/ghidra/python/PythonUtils.java b/Ghidra/Features/Python/src/main/java/ghidra/python/PythonUtils.java
index 10c10cd62b..c0f9fbd4ab 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Python/src/main/java/ghidra/python/PythonUtils.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Python/src/main/java/ghidra/python/PythonUtils.java
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ public class PythonUtils {
 	public static File setupPythonCacheDir(TaskMonitor monitor)
 			throws CancelledException, IOException {
 
-		File cacheDir = new File(Application.getUserTempDirectory(), PYTHON_CACHEDIR);
-		if (!FileUtilities.createDir(cacheDir)) {
+		File devDir = new File(Application.getUserSettingsDirectory(), "dev");
+		File cacheDir = new File(devDir, PYTHON_CACHEDIR);
+		if (!FileUtilities.mkdirs(cacheDir)) {
 			throw new IOException("Failed to create the python cache directory at: " + cacheDir);
 		}